An elevated physiological dead space, calculated from measurements of arterial CO2 and mixed expired CO2, has proven to be a useful clinical marker of prognosis both for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and for patients with severe heart failure. Although a frequently cited explanation for an elevated dead space measurement has been the development of alveolar regions receiving...

OBJECTIVE To determine if peripheral intravenous cannula dead space is taken into account when setting up intravenous infusions (in particular nitrate infusions) in the emergency department. METHOD A postal survey of UK emergency departments. RESULTS Of the 143 (58%) of UK departments who responded, only 15% reported priming the cannula before commencing the nitrate infusion. CONCLUSIONS ...

Effects of topical administration of ethanolic extract of Malvastrum Tricuspidatum ointment was studied respectively on two types of wound models in wistar rats, (i) the incision and (ii) the dead space wound model. The ointment of the ethanolic extract of Malvastrum Tricuspidatum produced significant response in both of the wound types tested. In the incision model the extract treated wounds w...

Over the last 50 years, the evolution of burn treatment has led to a major decrease in mortality. Recently, survival in children has improved to such an extent that the survival rate in children with burns involving 100% total body surface area (TBSA) is 50% [1]. Major advances have been made in early resuscitation, respiratory care, the treatment of inhalation injury, control of infection, mod...